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» Wednesday, January 12, 2005

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Asked why the Government thought it necessary for MI6 to have a business advisor the PMOS said that a businessman had actually been an advisor of MI6 since 2002. That arrangement was merely being formalised. In terms of quality control, it was common for all organisations to have such figures, and it was therefore deemed to be a sensible re-arrangement of how mi6 did things.

Asked about the Butler Report’s suggestion that there were not enough people in MI6 to assess the strength of the intelligence coming in the PMOS said that, as another part of the process, MI6 were moving more staff into its intelligence reporting sections. This should strengthen the capacity for evaluating reports. It was not just a case of creating a new position, called the head of reporting. Rather, today’s appointment was part of an overall process of improving MI6, which would continue.

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So this "scrutineer" was in place when the WMD misinformation was being peddled?
I thought the ‘business man" was supposed to be vetting information before distribution.
So who was this person in 2002 and have they been sacked?
Comment by Roger Huffadine — 13 Jan 2005 on 6:12 pm | Link
Re MI6, is there any truth in the rumour that MI6 actively assisted Denis Thatcher ( a very high ranking mason), in obtaining information that removed Harold Wilson from office? Look at the MI6 logo, it has an "all seeing eye" in it. I thought it was against the law for the secret service to belong to secret societies?
Comment by stan Cumans — 13 Jan 2005 on 7:21 pm | Link

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